The compatibility gene : how our bodies fight disease, attract others, and define our selves / Daniel M. Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Daniel M. (Daniel Michael), 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human molecular genetics.

Immunogenetics.

Infection--Immunological aspects.

Infection.

Medical genetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Compatibility Gene takes readers on a global journey of discovery spanning 60 years, involving scores of scientists, and encompassing the history of transplants and immunology. That journey has revealed astonishing links between who we are as individuals and our never-ceasing struggle to survive disease. Most of the 25,000 genes we possess are the same for all of us. Compatibility genes are those that vary most from person to person and give each of us a unique molecular signature. These genes determine both the extent to which we are susceptible to a vast range of illnesses and the differ

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Introduction

PART I: Human Compatibility - A Scientific Revolution

1. Frankenstein's holy trinity

2. Self and non-self

3. Dead but alive in parts

4. A crystal clear answer at last

PART II: The Frontier of Compatibility Research

5. Differences between us that matter

6. Pathfinders

7. Missing self

PART III: The Overarching System

8. Sex and smelly T-shirts

9. Secrets of the mind

10. The footprints of your existence

Epilogue: What makes you so special?

Acknowledgements

References and Notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-931642-2

OCLC:

861538496